Time Management Methods Are Not Enough!

TIME MANAGEMENT Methods Are Not Enough! Principles Make the Difference

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God values our stewardship of the time entrusted to us as much as our stewardship of the money and resources entrusted to us. “Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy” (1Cor.4:2). Our effectiveness in managing time has a direct bearing on our effectiveness in ministry and life. We all have the same amount of time. Take charge of your time, or other people will take charge of it for you.

Some Basic Principles: We have all the time we need to do God’s will for out lives. We are never powerless over time problems. Our psychological makeup greatly influences our ability to manage time.

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High-anxiety creates difficulty in managing time effectively Depression – low grade or otherwise make concentration difficult. Strong relational needs that often accompany gregarious personalities can “eat up” time. High need for recognition can decrease time management ability. Age is a factor. Folks from the older generations have a tendency to be “workaholics” while folks from younger generations have a tendency to value leisure as much as work. * Herb Miller article that appeared in Net Results / June 1995

Now For Some Methods… 

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Be clear about your central purpose. Until we get our priorities straight, we will never get our time straight. Practice zero-based time management. List all the things you do each month. After two or three days, come back to the list and ask yourself which items are essentials. Which items could other people do, if you gave them the proper opportunity and training? Once you make these decisions, list the people to whom you could delegate these responsibilities. Play to your strengths more than your weaknesses. Set deadlines in your mind and on paper for accomplishing particular major tasks

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Learn how to say no graciously. Plan your time in week-long blocks, not in hours or days. Set up a sheet with twenty-one time blocks –morning, afternoon, and evening for each of the seven days of each week. Set aside blocks indicating day or days off and then take the other remaining block and plug in the appropriate number of blocks for the various ministry activities that have priority for that week. Use your prime time of the day for tasks that require your best thinking ability. Distinguish between what is urgent and what is important

Your Turn… 

What helps you manager your time better?

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What gets in the way of managing your time?

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How could you clear the hurdle ?

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